Traditional appropriating types of economic activities of the Yaskolbin Tatars in the past and present

The article introduces into scientific circulation materials on the state of some appropriating types of economic activity of the Yaskolba Tatars — collecting berries and cedar nuts, harvesting linden bast, as well as the production of bast and matting for sacks from it. As a result of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) Gathering was a source of plant food. In the second half of the 20th century, the Tatars began to collect more berries for sale in order to obtain additional funds. At the beginning of the 21th century. picking cranberries played an important role in the material support of the inhabitants of Zabolotye in the absence of permanent work. The collection of cedar nuts for food and for sale did not play a big role in the life support of the Yaskolbin Tatars due to the inconstancy of yields and the small number of cedars. 2) In the second half of the 19th century until the 1960s, the procurement of linden bast, as well as the production of bast and the manufacture of sacks brought the local residentsadditional cash income.